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Matching Level between unbalanced & blanced audio

I wanna connect
primaluna prologue 3 which only has rca connectors

to

dynaudio bm6a mkii which only has xlr connectos.

2 options I can think of.

1.

Connect with RCA to XLR cable.
One end is RCA and another end is XLR.
Or using RCA/XLR adapter.

2.
Using matchbox.

Which one is better?
I check few matchbox but I am worry about degrade sound
when I use matchbox.

Which option is better?
or is there some other option that can be better?
chunkichunky

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jedinite24
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Hi Chunkichunky

I use this to convert RCA to XLR. Rane BB44X that converts RCA to XLR and vice versa.

http://www.rane.com/bb44x.html

I have an older Accuphase C200 preamp with RCA outputs and the set of amps I have are Red Dragon M1000 Mk 1 monoblocks that has XLR inputs only. The Rane 44BX works well with no SQ issues in my system. I also wanted to use something like the Rane because I was running over 20 ft of XLR cable around the room because I wanted the Accuphase C200 near me but having the Red Dragons near my speakers.

Now I got this suggestion from longtime A'gon member Almarg some years ago.

Jensen PC2-XR

http://www.jensen-transformers.com/datashts/pc2xr.pdf

Best of luck in the search.
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